Rosary O’Neill is an author, playwright, director, teacher and mother.

Rosary is the author of fourteen plays, produced internationally by invitation of the American embassy in Paris, Bonn, Tibilisi, Georgia, Budapest, Hungary, London and Moscow. Her play Uncle Victor was chosen Best New American Drama by the Cort Theater, Hollywood, and celebrated in the Chekhove Now Festival in New York. Blackjack was selected for Alice’s Fourth Floor Best New Play Series. She was founding artistic director at Southern Rep Theater from 1987 to 2002. she has been playwright-in-residence at the Sorbonne University, Paris; Tulane University, New Orleans; Defiance College, Ohio, the University of Bonn, Germany and Visiting Scholar at Cornell. And she is the mother of four fabulous children: Barrett, Dale, Rachelle and Rory. Recent professional achievements include: Degas in New Orleans, which was invited to the New End Theatre (a heralded theater for contemporary plays) in London and featured in the Best New American Play Oktoberfest of the Ensemble Studio Theatre (a leading theater for new work) in New York City and in the Reading Series of the Abingdon Theatre and the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York. DR. ROSARY O’NEILL Rosary O’Neill is the author of fourteen plays produced internationally by invitation of the American embassy in Paris, Bonn, Tibilisi, Georgia, Budapest, Hungary, London and Moscow. Her play Uncle Victor was chosen Best New American Drama by the Cort Theater, Hollywood, and celebrated in the Chekhove Now Festival in New York. Blackjack was selected for Alice’s Fourth Floor Best New Play Series. She was founding artistic director at Southern Rep Theater from 1987 to 2002. she has been playwright-in-residence at the Sorbonne University, Paris; Tulane University, New Orleans; Defiance College, Ohio, the University of Bonn, Germany and Visiting Scholar at Cornell. Other fellowships include the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Playwrighting Fellowships to AuVillar, France and to Wiepersdorf, Germany, and two fellowships to the Playwriting Center Sewanee Univesity. She also received a play invitation to the Actors Centre, London, as well as residences in playwriting at the VCCC, Ragsdale, Dorset Arts Colony, Byrdcliff Arts Colony, and the Mary Anderson Center. She is a senior Fulbright Drama Specialist and Visiting Scholar at Cornell University. She was chosen outstanding artist in Paris and awarded a Fulbright to Paris for her play Wishing Aces. She was a finalist in the Faulkner Competition for New American Writers; a finalist for outstanding artist for the state of Louisiana 2002 and a finalist in the Ireland Tyrone Guthrie Residency in playwriting with the VCCA 2002. She was awarded a Senior Fulbright research specialist in drama to Europe, 2001-2006, and received first invitations to the Conservatoire Nationale du Drame (leading acting-training center in Paris) and the Conservatoire Nationale de la Danse (leading dance-training center outside Paris). Recent professional achievements include: Degas in New Orleans, which was invited to the New End Theatre (a heralded theater for contemporary plays) in London and featured in the Best New American Play Oktoberfest of the Ensemble Studio Theatre (a leading theater for new work) in New York City and in the Reading Series of the Abingdon Theatre and the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York. She is playwright-in-residence at the National Arts Club, where much of her recent work has been developed and has recently been chosen the VCCA writing fellow to Auvillar France, Aug. 2007. https://videos.whiteblox.com/gnb/secure/player.aspx?sid=35215